Letters
Do adults have ADHD?
A history lesson
BMJ 2010; 340 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c2241 (Published 28 April 2010) Cite this as: BMJ 2010;340:c2241
- Matthew P C Smith, Wellcome Trust research fellow1
- 1Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter, Amory Building, Exeter EX4 4RJ
- m.p.c.smith{at}ex.ac.uk
Debates on the legitimacy of a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children or adults are still raging1 2 because of a lack of understanding of the history of the disorder. Drug companies have indeed marketed the concept of adult ADHD to potential consumers1—as they did childhood ADHD to parent-teacher associations in the …
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